Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-03-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
CONGRESS.

SOME severe remarks were INDUCED in in
the Senate on the 18th upon the hardness of the
House In sending in Appropriation bills. The
House Labor Arbitration bill was taken up and
passed-a2 yeas, 10 nays. Mr.. Edmunds made
conference report on the Retaliation bill show
ing continued disagreement. a nsw conference
was asked. The bill ia prohibit the mailing Of
newspapers containing lottery advertisements
passed. Adjourned. After routine business
the House went into Committee of the Whole
on the Legislative Appropriation bill. At the
evening session eulogies were delivered upon
the death Of Representative Cole, OF Maryland,
and the House then further considered the
Legislative Appropriation bill until one o'clock
La the morning.
AFTER routine business in the Senate on
March fifty-seven pension bills were taken up
and passed. House bill granting the right of way
through the Indian Territory to the Chicago
Kansas & Nebraska railway passed, also the
bill annexing portion of Idaho to w ashing.on
Territory. The conference report on the River
and Harbor bill was agreed to. The bill forfeit.
ing certain railroad land grants in Michigan
passed. Several other bills were also rushed
through. After traEsacting considerable bust
ness at the night session resolutions Of respect
to Representatives Arnot, Beach and Dowdney,
Of New York, and Price, of Wisconsin, were
adopted and the Senate adjourned. :. In the
passed. The conference report on the bill re-
stricting ownership to land in the Territories to
citizens was agreed to. also the conference re-
port on the River and Harbor bill. The De-
ficiency Appropriation bill passed. The Legs
lative Appropriation bill, as amended, passed
AT the evening session a large number of bridge
bills passed.
THE Senate on the I'd had long debate
on the Naval Appropriation bill and after
amendment finally passed it. The conference
report on the Pacific Railroad Inquiry bin was
agreed to. The Senate bill for the erection Of a
memorial bridge over the Potomac at Washing
ton passed; also the bill for the erection of a
bridge over the Missouri river between Kansas
City and Sibley. The conference report on the
Agricultural Appropriation bill was agreed
to....In the House after debate the
conference report on the Retaliation bill
was agreed TO. The conference accepted tho
Senate bill. The conference report on the Pa
citic Railroad Inquiry bill was agreed to. Re-
cess. At the evening session the conference re-
port on the Agricultural Appropriation bill was
agreed to, also the conference report on the
Sundry Civil bill. After clearing the calendar
of several other bills Off particular importance
the House adjourned soon after midnight.
In the Senate on the Sd, after disposing If
routine business, the Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bill was considered
rapidly and finally passed. The conference re-
port on the Sundry Civil bill was reported by
Mr.. Allison. who severely criticised the House
in holding back appropriation bills. Mr.. Hoar
also severely criticised the action of the Speaker
OF the House in certain matters, which brought
forth equally cauStic remarks in his defense
from Senators Beck and Blackburn. The con-
ference report was then agreed to. Three pub
lie buildings bills were passed over the veto.
The Mexican Pension Appropriation bill passed.
The conference report on the bill to adjust GER
tain railroad land grants was agreed to. Late at
night the Deficiency bill was taken up. Pending
consideration the Senate at two o'clock in the
morning took a recess. :. In the House several
vetoes of pensions were sustained and under
suspension of the rules the bill repeating the
Tenure of Office net was passed. The bill to &C
cept certain lands near Chicago for a military
post passed. The Urgency Deficiency bill passed
under suspension of the rules. A motion to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill granting Mrs
Logan a pension was lost. The House after mid
night passed over the veto the bill for the cree
ton of a public building at Dayton, O., and
after further business the House about two
o'clock in the morning took a recess.
AT five O'Clock on the morning of the 4th
the Senate agreed to the conference report on
the Post-office Appropriation bill and took a re-
cess of two hours. The conference report on
the District of Columbia bill was agreed to.
oeVeral minor Reports were agreed TO ana COM
munication received from the President that he
had no further communication to make. Reso-
lutions Of thanks to the Presiding Officer were
passed and at noon the Senate stood ad-
jOurned sine die. In the House at five
O'Clock in the morning the conference
report on the Post-office bill (the Senate
receded from the subsidy amendment was
agreedto. The conference report on the Legis-
lative Appropriation bill was likewise agreed to-
AT eleven o'clock a committee was appointed
to wait on the President. A message was re-
ceived from the President announcing his ap-
proval of bills and that he had no further COM
munication to make. Resolutions of thanks to
the Speaker were adopted and at noon the